Read more FLDS stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/28941/flds.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:09:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62602/ex-flds-member-wants-hard-time-for-polygamists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer FLDS member Flora Jessop is “hoping against hope” that the men charged with child abuse at the polygamist compound in Eldorado get harder time than those convicted in similar crimes elsewhere, she told the Houston Chronicle. “Thirteen days, 45 days, nine months,” says Jessop, rattling off sentences handed down...http://www.newser.com/story/62602/ex-flds-member-wants-hard-time-for-polygamists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 13:02:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58590/polygamy-sect-struggling-for-funds-to-battle-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of a cash-strapped Texas polygamous sect plan to argue this week that key evidence against them should be thrown out because it was illegally obtained, the Wall Street Journal reports. Authorities say the diaries, photos, and documents they seized prove that underage marriages took place on the FLDS ranch,...http://www.newser.com/story/58590/polygamy-sect-struggling-for-funds-to-battle-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 May 2009 3:23:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42558/polygamy-boss-charged-with-new-sex-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolygamy sect leader Warren Jeffs and three other members of his group have been indicted on fresh felony charges, the Houston Chronicle reports. Jeffs is accused of aggravated sexual assault linked to actions at the Yearning for Zion Texas compound where authorities rounded up hundreds of children earlier this year....http://www.newser.com/story/42558/polygamy-boss-charged-with-new-sex-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Nov 2008 4:22:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35321/jeffs-bride-14-ordered-into-foster-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl allegedly married to polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs at age 12 back into state custody, reports the Salt Lake Tribune . The judge said the parents of the girl, who was first taken into custody when the sect's compound was raided in April,...http://www.newser.com/story/35321/jeffs-bride-14-ordered-into-foster-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 Aug 2008 5:44:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33584/5-more-jailed-in-sect-child-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive members of a Texas polygamous sect charged in a child abuse investigation are in custody after surrendering to authorities, the Dallas Morning News reports. Four of the men are charged with sexually abusing girls under the age of 17. The fifth, said to be the physician at the sect's...http://www.newser.com/story/33584/5-more-jailed-in-sect-child-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Jul 2008 4:15:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29133/sect-leaders-daughter-still-in-state-custody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hundreds of kids returned to their FLDS-member parents over the past 2 days did not include one high-profile child: the 16-year-old daughter of sect leader Warren Jeffs. The girl's lawyer pushed to keep her in state custody because she has been sexually abused by an adult sect member—not...http://www.newser.com/story/29133/sect-leaders-daughter-still-in-state-custody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jun 2008 16:50:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29045/sect-parents-reuniting-with-kids-in-texas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs polygamist parents reunited with their kids in Texas today, a sect elder said the church will no longer allow underage marriages. But Willie Jessop called the sect misunderstood and insisted that past unions have all been mutual. Meanwhile, tearful parents held their children outside Texas foster sites after a...http://www.newser.com/story/29045/sect-parents-reuniting-with-kids-in-texas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Jun 2008 18:48:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28857/sect-kids-arent-going-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe parents of children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas will not see their kids on Monday after all. At the last minute, a lawyer objected to the state's deal with the sect and stopped the judge from ordering the children's release. Now the judge plans to get them...http://www.newser.com/story/28857/sect-kids-arent-going-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 21:51:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28757/sect-kids-should-go-home-texas-high-court-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Texas Supreme Court agreed today that children from a polygamist sect should be returned to their parents, reports the Dallas Morning News . They could be home within days. The ruling leaves state officials with few legal options, though they could try to retain custody of some of the more...http://www.newser.com/story/28757/sect-kids-should-go-home-texas-high-court-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 May 2008 16:28:17 CDT